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Docudrama

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, docudrama means: A film or programme that uses actors to dramatize real people and events.

In Turkish: belgesel drama

How it is used

Used for fact-based dramatizations; it does not promise every line was historically spoken.

Example sentences

  1. The docudrama recreates the rescue using actors and surviving radio records.

    Documentary evidence supports a performed reconstruction.

  2. The writer added a note explaining which conversations in the docudrama were imagined.

    The note distinguishes reconstructed dialogue from recorded fact.

Common collocations

  • historical docudrama
  • produce a docudrama
  • genreA category of films or TV shows that share a style, subject or set of conventions, such as comedy, horror, western or science fiction.
  • plotThe series of connected events that make up the story of a film or series, and the order in which they are shown.

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